Wanamaker's

Wanamaker's department store was the first department store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one of the first department stores in the United States. At its zenith in the early 20th century, there were two major Wanamaker department stores, one in Philadelphia and one in New York City at Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street, or 770 Broadway. Both employed extremely large staffs. By the end of the 20th century in the shopping-mall era, there were 16 Wanamaker's outlets, but after years of change the chain was absorbed in 1995 into Hecht's (which eventually became part of Macy's). As of 2012, the occupant of the former Philadelphia Wanamaker's Department Store is Macy's Center City.

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